I'm extremely interested in Nen abilities.

Looking at the bright, dark patterns on the transparent gravel on the laptop screen, Biyou said, "Restoring it shouldn't be a problem, but I need some time."

Jingyang said happily, "There's plenty of time! Oh, there's plenty of time before the 22nd."

He called Melody to ask about the upcoming Crimson Eyes questline they were going to participate in... and the gangster wedding they were going to attend was on the 22nd of this month.

“It won’t take that long,” Biyou said. “But let me make this clear: I hope you, or any of you, won’t have too high expectations for this word ‘god’.”

"Huh? What do you mean by that?" Jingyang asked.

Biyou said, "Judging from the story you told about finding this Buddha statue in the mountains, the reason you are so curious about the divine characters hidden on the head of the Buddha statue and insist on restoring them is because you are interested in the so-called teleportation ability, right?"

Jingyang nodded honestly.

By marking a safe location, you can crush the "Little Jade Buddha" at any time within a mountain range to teleport home... This ability, comparable to a return scroll, is something everyone would want.

“That’s the problem,” Biyou reminded. “Generally speaking, the more complex, special, and powerful the Nen ability, the more complex the corresponding divine character array. To put it simply, the more combinations of divine characters need to be inscribed, and the more Nen energy and inscription time are required.”

She glanced at the empty, spacious basement, her slender, straight legs gesturing a circle. "To achieve the teleportation effect you described, you need to set up a divine rune array beforehand, enough to cover an area at least the size of a boxing ring. Even for an expert hunter well-versed in divine runes, it would take at least three days, and even longer if the amount of mana is insufficient."

Kurapika said, "You mean, the broken 'divine' syllable inside this Buddha head is unlikely to have the Nen ability to teleport."

“Yes, that’s unlikely.” Biyou nodded and asked, “So, should we continue with the restoration?”

Jing Yang clicked his tongue and sighed, "Since we're already here..."

“Even if you say no, I will restore them.” Biyou said, sitting down on the ground, placing the laptop on her lap, and stretching her fingers together. “I’m also very curious about what this is…”

Jingyang and the other two exchanged glances, having nothing to say, and decided to wait.

But there's no need to just wait around. Anyway, it's quiet enough here, and no one will bother us, so we might as well start practicing right here.

With one of the top experts from the Hunter Association's twelve branches right beside him, it's practically like having a free protector. If you're shameless enough, you can even ask him for advice on any cultivation-related issues you encounter. In a way, it's a win-win situation.

Little Drop's bulging-eyed fish always keeps a certain amount of food on hand, including emergency supplies such as dry food and water, and even some hot dishes and soups, so there's no need to worry about spoilage.

After completing their daily basic training, including the Entangling Technique, the three of them strengthened their bodies and silently honed their mental power.

Kurapika's Nen ability, Dolphin Bookshelf, has a greater scope for development the higher its secrecy. Therefore, he did not use it for training when Viu was present.

Xiao Di had already revealed her bulging-eyed fish form, so she had no qualms. While honing her Nen, she continued to train her Transmutation abilities, attempting to transform her aura into a chainsaw. With her Starred self-healing ability as a foundation, she practiced with ease and made great progress.

As for Jingyang, it was easy to say. He had sparred with Netero so many times at Xianshui Mountain that he estimated that the old monster Netero probably already knew his abilities pretty well.

Jing Yang's self-manipulation of "Meteor Like the Wind" was undetectable to others. Netero, arguably the greatest martial arts master of the era, was someone Jing Yang didn't truly believe was so masterful and flawless as to have fooled even him… Netero was likely aware that he was a manipulator. There was no other way; he couldn't possibly want to seize an opportunity to spar with Netero while simultaneously concealing his own abilities, could he?

As for whether Biyou had figured out his manipulation-based background, Jingyang didn't know. But he had used the "Finger Flicking Divine Power" before, so it didn't matter whether his training in the emission-based style was exposed or not.

Jingyang practiced his breath control for a while, then his breath projection. In the field of emission, if there's no specific, concrete ability to cultivate, then training is simply about figuring out the concept of "emission." The duration the emitted breath can be maintained, the maximum intensity of breath emitted per unit time, the maximum distance the emitted breath travels from the body… Jingyang, being a manipulative type, could also add another aspect to his training: the flexible control over the emitted breath, even giving it specific commands.

For example, you could make a ball of gas rotate at a fixed speed in a fixed location, or release several balls of gas and have them patrol along a fixed route, flying directly to and detonating upon encountering a hostile target...

"You're very hardworking. No wonder you were able to exchange a few blows with Chairman Netero."

Just as Jing Yang was pondering whether he could replicate the Qi Circle Slash, Bi You's voice entered his ears.

He turned his head and saw that Biyou was standing there watching the three of them cultivate. The laptop was nowhere to be seen, probably having dispersed into spiritual energy and been withdrawn.

A row of sharp teeth faintly appeared on the surface of Xiao Di's Nen aura, slowly rotating around her arm according to her will, and stopped moving upon hearing this.

Jingyang got up and asked, "Was the restoration successful?"

Biyou nodded, stretched out one foot, and while gathering his spiritual energy, he drew several black characters on the ground, slowly writing them out.

Looking at the character "神" that she had restored, she said, "As expected, it doesn't have the effect of spatial teleportation."

"Didn't you guess this beforehand?" Jingyang asked, puzzled. "Why do you sound so disappointed?"

Biyou calmly said, "After all, the creator is that True Martial King, Vihugo. My guess is based on my knowledge of the character 'God.' Who knows what the True Martial King's understanding of the character 'God' is?"

Kurapika asked, "Are there many different schools of thought regarding the knowledge of the word 'God'?"

Biyou thought for a moment, looked at the three little ones, and asked, "The word 'nian' has existed since ancient times and has been passed down from generation to generation. Do you think the word 'shen' is the same?"

Jingyang said sincerely, "Sister Rabbit, please don't ask anymore, we really don't know."

“About four hundred years ago, the word ‘God’ began to circulate among Nen users,” Biyou said calmly. “It was as if it appeared out of thin air. Before that, there were no records related to it, and no earlier ‘God’ had been passed down.”

Chapter 175 Let's talk about it when you become a hunter.

The word "god" suddenly appeared about four hundred years ago.

What does this mean?

Kurapika asked, "Was it someone or some group that first created the system of the word 'God'?"

"Perhaps," Biyou said noncommittally.

Jingyang said, "Four hundred years ago, that was the era when Zhenwu King was active. You just thought that Zhenwu King might have possessed knowledge of the word 'god' beyond your understanding... Is there any connection between the two?"

"Probably," Biyou said.

Jingyang said dejectedly, "Sister Rabbit, your perfunctory attitude is way too obvious. It's so hurtful!"

“If I remember correctly, we don’t actually have a very deep relationship,” Biyou said calmly. “This is valuable information. If you really want to know, you should wait until you get your hunter’s license and become a real professional hunter.”

Jing Yang laughed, "A mere hunter's license? Do we even need to take an exam? We should just get it! It all depends on whether we have time... What's with that expression? Are you thinking of making the exam more difficult later?"

Biyou didn't respond to that, but instead said, "Since the word 'God' is called a word, there must be a number of words involved. The number of 'God' words that the Hunter Association currently possesses is the most numerous and complete that I know of. But even so, no one dares to say that this is all the 'God' words."

She paused, then continued, “President Netero once jokingly said, ‘If there were a total character set containing all the divine characters, then the divine characters we have would probably not even fill one-tenth of that character set.’”

Jingyang seemed to be deep in thought.

Kurapika suddenly asked, "How did you arrive at the number one-tenth?"

Biyou glanced at him and said, "The president probably just said it casually."

Kurapika nodded.

Xiao Di squatted on the ground, still observing the line of "divine" characters that Bi You had recreated after analyzing and restoring the broken "divine" character on the Buddha statue's head.

Indeed, as Biyou said, this line of words for "god" is not complicated.

Jingyang also remembered that in the Greed Island arc of the manga, there was a boxer with an Emission-type ability beside Leiza. To create a punch that could teleport, he carved countless "god" characters onto the ring, almost filling half of it. The rope Yun Gu tied to Gon had only one function: it would break automatically when Gon used "Entangle." Otherwise, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't untie or cut the rope…

The more complex and powerful the Nen ability, the more divine syllables need to be inscribed for its support.

Spatial Nen abilities, when placed within any system of supernatural abilities, are undoubtedly among the most complex.

"If the 'divine' characters inside the Buddha's head aren't for location tracking or spatial teleportation, then what are they for?" Jing Yang reached out and touched the line of 'divine' characters on the ground. Having never truly studied the concept of 'divine' characters, he couldn't even discern the exact number of characters within this line. "Furthermore, this black jade Buddha statue undeniably possesses the ability to locate and teleport. Could there be other 'divine' characters within the statue that we haven't yet discovered?"

Xiao Di said, "It's also possible that the divine character that was actually used to assist in spatial teleportation has already disappeared on its own."

Jingyang recalled the divine space that had trapped Kurapika. As Kurapika was freed, all the divine characters vanished instantly, as if they had a self-destruct mechanism. He nodded in agreement.

Kurapika muttered to himself, "The person who made this Buddha statue obviously has many secrets they don't want us to know."

“But he did leave us something,” Jingyang said.

The most important thing is undoubtedly the Nitromi preserved within the God-character space.

As for whether King Zhenwu saved these Nitrogen rice for his own future use, or whether he truly hid them in a secluded mountain realm as Jingyang had joked about, waiting for a destined person—or a destined Black Mist Lion—that remains unknown.

Biyou looked at the three of them and asked curiously, "It seems like you're keeping some secret about this?"

Jing Yang said seriously, "If I remember correctly, we don't actually have a very deep relationship. This is valuable information. If you really want to know, let's wait until we have time to get our hunter licenses and become real professional hunters."

Despite being shut down by her own words, Biyou remained calm and nodded slightly, her rabbit ear hair ornament swaying back and forth.

She reclaimed her 'circle'.

She had finished collecting all the information about the black jade Buddha statue and felt that she had gained a lot from the trip.

Finally, Biyou taught Jingyang and the other two the line of divine characters that had been restored inside the Buddha statue's head, and then left gracefully.

Before leaving, she warned, "Don't let anyone see this Buddha statue casually, and you'd better delete all the photos on your phone. I don't think you have any network security technology to prevent hacking, do you?"

Jingyang indicated that he understood and watched Rabbit Sister leave through the gate of the Eternal Library.

In this world with supernatural abilities, the skill level of potential cyber hackers is also immeasurable... In this world, you can become invincible while boxing, or invincible while playing chess. Who knows if some computer genius might suddenly awaken a super hacking ability or something similar while eating hot pot and coding, becoming invincible in the cyber world?

There's even a type of hunter in the Hunter Association called a hacker hunter.

Specializing in hunting hackers!

Jingyang had suspected more than once that the so-called international server in this world, the thing that stores the identity information, banking and medical records of almost everyone in the world, was a product of Nen abilities. Even if it wasn't an item directly created by Nen abilities, it was very likely designed by some Nen-powered programmers or engineers.

"Still thinking about the word 'god'?" Kurapika asked, noticing that he had been staring blankly at the bookshelf for a long time.

Xiao Di usually doesn't disturb Jing Yang's thoughts. Seeing Jing Yang lost in thought, she picked up a book and started reading casually.

Jingyang said, "I was thinking that the online world is too dangerous, and the data on my phone may not be very safe either, let alone getting my computer repaired."

"However, I do have some thoughts on the word 'God' that you mentioned." He changed the subject, "If the 'God' character used for spatial teleportation disappears along with the 'God' character space, then what are the remaining 'God' characters used for?"

Kurapika browsed through the rows of brand-new books on the bookshelf. "Do you have any clue?"

"That's true to some extent."

Jing Yang pulled out a book with a huge black spider pattern on the cover and the title "The Mysterious Phantom Troupe".

"Why would that cult leader target Red-Eyed?"

Jing Yang casually flipped through the book and read, "Having already obtained two pairs of fiery red eyes wasn't enough; he even set his sights on the third pair on your face. Not only that, but in order to obtain your eyes, he was willing to sacrifice his own life, and even after death, his lingering thoughts kept saying things like he would return and become a god."

The book's content was somewhat disappointing, consisting mostly of subjective speculation. It compiled various unfounded guesses about the Phantom Troupe circulating online, including the theory that these spiders might actually come from Meteor City. This is not surprising, as netizens with their boundless imaginations have basically explored every conceivable possibility. Many believe the Phantom Troupe are from Kakin, or come from some unknown secret island, and some even think they are a group of professional hunters and thieves.

The most realistic parts are the part about the Phantom Troupe members having spider tattoos and the part about the massacre of the Kurta clan. The rest are far from the Phantom Troupe that Jing Yang knew.

Kurapika glanced at the book in Jingyang's hand. "Scarlet Eyes, Kurta Clan, God, Resurrection... Which of these terms do you think corresponds to?"

Jingyang slammed the book shut, intending to put it back, but Xiaodi took it away.

“God, resurrection, even if it could be achieved, it’s not something that can be accomplished by those two lines of the word ‘God,’ so we can basically rule them out,” Jing Yang said. “That leaves the Crimson Eyes and the Kurta Clan. These two seem to be the same thing.”

Kurapika said, "Unless my ancestors had dealings with Shinmu-o of Kagin, it's hard to imagine that the divine words left by Shinmu-o would be related to this."

Little Drop flipped through the book and said, "Perhaps it's not aimed at Scarlet Eyes, but at the seven most beautiful women in the world?"

"The Seven Beauties?" Jing Yang shook his head. "The Fiery Red Eyes is currently the hardest color to find. Instead of trying your luck to find the Fiery Red Eyes, Master, it would be more practical to spend some money and effort to acquire the other six colors."

He looked at Kurapika.

Kurapika said, "I don't know whether the Kurta clan had any dealings with King Shinmu or Kagin three or four hundred years ago..."